Fewer people are out of work in Carroll Valley (0.5%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
At home: 30% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Carroll Valley grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 3% work in Carroll Valley itself; outside it, Gettysburg draws the most (7%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Carroll Valley, in a few figures
Carroll Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Carroll Valley works from home
30% of Carroll Valley workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Carroll Valley pay little
34% of the jobs based in Carroll Valley pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Carroll Valley is a place people come home to
There are 370 jobs based in Carroll Valley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Carroll Valley has about 2,700 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Carroll Valley
66% of Carroll Valley residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Carroll Valley pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Carroll Valley: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carroll Valley is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #362 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Carroll Valley’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carroll Valley could be anywhere from B to A.
Getting to work from Carroll Valley takes about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carroll Valley workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,443 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Carroll Valley
370 jobs are based in Carroll Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carroll Valley, 2014 → 2024: 549 → 370. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carroll Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Carroll Valley on a workday
On a workday 1,669 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Carroll Valley on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Carroll Valley’s working residents head each day
Where Carroll Valley clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Near or far: the trip to work from Carroll Valley
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Carroll Valley, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carroll Valley is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #949 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,052 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Carroll Valley households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carroll Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carroll Valley places 1,037th of 4,283 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 24 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,035 | Woodbridge CA | 4,144 | $94K | 9.0% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 1,036 | Cannon Falls MN | 4,209 | $84K | 9.2% | 1.7% | 21% | A− |
| 1,037 | Carroll Valley PA | 4,051 | $93K | 6.1% | 0.5% | 3% | A− |
| 1,038 | Linwood Township MN | 5,403 | $116K | 6.7% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 1,039 | Massac KY | 4,698 | $93K | 10.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Carroll Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Carroll Valley and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Hamiltonban Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carroll Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Valley | – | A− | D | 39 min | $93,244 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 38 min | $93,250 |
| Hamiltonban Township | 2% | C+ | B | 42 min | $90,521 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carroll Valley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Carroll Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Carroll Valley?
$93,244 (±$13,715) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carroll Valley?
6.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carroll Valley?
39 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carroll Valley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gettysburg (7%, 10 mi), Frederick (5%, 22 mi), Cumberland Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Carroll Valley walkable?
Carroll Valley is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carroll Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carroll Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carroll Valley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.